40. Learn how to Piece a Log Cabin Block

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

7 Responses

  1. Tammy says:

    What a great video! I love, love, your new hair cut. Thanks tons for demonstrating how you cut and piece a log cabin block. I learned something new from you today, to shorten the stitch length. How very clever. Happy stitching.

  2. Sunshine says:

    I'm new to guessing yardage needed. How much of the dominant fabric will I need? I think I have enough blue scraps to do the recessive 🙂

  3. Kris Mccoy says:

    I am so excited!!!!! I check everyday to read new posts so when i saw ur first post with this version u got so excited. I love piecing quilts, and couldnt wait for u to post directions….cant wait to see how u quilt it also. U rock!!!!!! You have taught me so much over the last year. I am all ways (at 34 but i swear people think i am 20) the youngest person in the quilt shops and i dont ever seem to get the same attention as the experenced ladys there. So to have a growing number of new quilters closer to my age totally rocks. Thank u so much for sharing.

  4. Leah Day says:

    Sunshine – Something I do to gauge fabric amounts is look at the size of the space being pieced. The original goddess is 1 yard (42 x 36). This pieced background is a bit bigger (48 x 36). The dominate color takes up a good bit of space on the surface, but not the ENTIRE space, so if you have 3/4 – 1 yard of fabric that will likely be more than enough.

    I hope that helps!

    Leah

  5. Thanks for the help with the amounts. I think there is a chart on the internet somewhere, but I wanted to get started. I bought 1 yard of the dominant fabric and 1/2 yard of the others. I am sure I will have more than enough.

  6. Heidi says:

    Thank you!! I have a yard of dark blue that should work beautifully. I really love that you talk to us. You have been a great inspiration and teacher to me 🙂

  7. Lavena says:

    What thread do you use for piecing? Is it the same as free motion quilting, Isachord?

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